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Squires Cafe Bar
One of Yorkshire's most famous biker cafes near Sherburn-in-Elmet, hosting regular bike nights and rallies.
16 km · about 20 min drive
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Barlby
England, United Kingdom · Europe
About Barlby
Barlby is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Riccall, 37km from Castle Howard.
Barlby is in England, United Kingdom, with about 3,900 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Riccall, about 4 km away.
Barlby is a village in the civil parish of Barlby with Osgodby, in North Yorkshire, England. It lies on the east bank of the River Ouse, opposite Selby, within the Vale of York, a flat and low-lying landscape shaped by rivers and arable farming. Since 1 April 2023 the area has been administered by the unitary NorthRead more
Yorkshire Council.
Barlby was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086. The parish contains several listed buildings, including All Saints’ Church and Barlby Hall, and it also includes the Selby Railway Swing Bridge and the former War Department munitions depot at Magazine Farm. The village and surrounding area experienced major flooding in November 2000 during widespread floods on the lower Ouse.
For Westminster elections Barlby is in the Selby constituency created for the 2024 general election.
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What is there to see near Barlby?
Within an hour or so of Barlby: Squires Cafe Bar (16 km), York Minster (18 km), The Shambles (18 km), Harewood Speed Hillclimb (32 km).
Are there any good drives near Barlby?
The nearest famous roads are Holme Moss, Rosedale Chimney Bank and Woodhead Pass.
Where is Barlby?
Barlby is in England, United Kingdom, about 4 km from Riccall.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 3,860
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- England
- Timezone
- Europe/London
- Coordinates
- 53.7996, -1.0406
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in United Kingdom
112 also works. NHS non-emergency medical advice: 111. National Highways breakdown assistance on motorways: 0300 123 5000.
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Worth the detour from Barlby
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
cathedral
York Minster
One of the largest Gothic cathedrals in Northern Europe, famous for its medieval stained glass.
18 km · about 20 min drive
photogenic
The Shambles
Medieval York street where overhanging timber-framed shops nearly touch across the lane, some dating to the 14th century. Once a row of butchers' shops; the meat-hooks and wide sill-boards survive.
18 km · about 20 min drive
racetrack
Harewood Speed Hillclimb
The longest hillclimb course in England at 1,598 yards, climbing Yorkshire moorland on the Harewood estate with sweeping open views over Wharfedale from the spectator banks.
32 km · about 35 min drive
cafe
Seaways Cafe
Famous bikers' cafe at Fridaythorpe on the rolling B1251 through the Yorkshire Wolds, drawing hundreds of motorcycles and sports cars on summer weekends for its renowned breakfasts.
35 km · about 40 min drive
castle
Castle Howard
A stately home in North Yorkshire, not a true castle but one of England's grandest Baroque residences, famous from Brideshead Revisited.
37 km · about 40 min drive
cafe
Bettys Café Tea Rooms, Harrogate
Yorkshire tea-room institution founded by Swiss confectioner Frederick Belmont in 1919, still family-owned and famous for Fat Rascals and its art-deco interior inspired by the Queen Mary liner.
39 km · about 45 min drive
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Humber Bridge
Vast single-span suspension bridge over the Humber estuary near Hull: the world's longest of its kind for 16 years after opening in 1981, with a 2.2km crossing that still feels like flying over water.
40 km · about 45 min drive
Driving roads near Barlby
12 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 100km.
- 40 kmHumber BridgeVast single-span suspension bridge over the Humber estuary near Hull: the world's longest of its kind for 16 years after opening in 1981, with a 2.2km crossing that still feels like flying over water.
- 49 kmSutton BankA steep escarpment with a 1-in-4 hairpin climb and a view James Herriot called 'the finest in England', looking over the Vale of York.
- 62 kmRosedale Chimney BankOne of England's steepest roads, hitting 1-in-3 (33%) as it climbs from Rosedale Abbey onto the North York Moors past old ironstone kilns. A rite of passage for drivers and cyclists; caravans are banned.
- 62 kmHolme MossA 524 m Pennine pass on the A6024 topped by a landmark transmitter mast, a celebrated cycling climb used in the 2014 Tour de France.
- 63 kmWoodhead PassThe A628 trans-Pennine route over bleak moorland past the Woodhead reservoirs, frequently closed by snow and high winds.
- 64 kmHigger TorA flat-topped gritstone tor above Burbage Valley, looking across to the Iron Age hillfort of Carl Wark.
Driving in United Kingdom
- Drives on
- the left
- Petrol
- ~€1.73/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
April to October
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